All-Area: Boys Basketball First Team

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Mar 30, 2014 at 4:42 AM

All-Area First Team

All-Area First Team

Boys

Hunter Ball, Waldron

Class: Senior

Height: 6-7

Stats: 23 points and 15 rebounds per game.

Awards: All-District, All-State.

"Hunter’s a great kid with a great work ethic. At his size, he was able cause a lot of problems for other teams in the post. He’s a two-time All-State player and his best playing days are ahead of him," Joey Curtis, Waldron coach.

Jordan Brock, Roland

Class: Senior

Height: 6-4

Stats: 10.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. Averaged 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 61 percent from the field.

Awards: All-Conference, All-Sequoyah County Tournament.

"He was a very dedicated player. He had great post moves and was a great rebounder. Along with his good basketball skills, he is a very classy young man," Eddie Lewis, Roland coach.

Will Callaway, Union Christian

Class: Senior

Height: 6-0

Stats: 16.2 points per game.

Awards: All-Conference, All-State

"He brought a leadership to the team that we didn’t have last year. He still led us in points last year, but he brought us a leadership where the younger kids would look up to him," Zach Dean, Union Christian coach

"When he first came in the program all he could do is shoot the 3 We told him he’s going to have put the ball on the floor and go to the hole. We always put Joe on the best guard. He wanted that guy to guard so he could shut him down. He liked that," Eric Burnett, Northside coach

Jason Harms, Van Buren

Class: Junior

Height: 6-0

Stats: 14 points per game, 2 rebounds per game, 2 assists per game

Awards: All-Conference.

"He was so predictable as to what you would get from him every game. He was going to score at least 14 points and defend against the opponent’s best perimeter player and keep them below their scoring average. He played well for us this year," Randy Loyd, Van Buren coach

Stephen Helmandollar, Howe

Class: Senior

Height: 6-4

Stats: Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and three assists per game.

Awards: All-Conference, All-LeFlore County Tournament

"His size and mobility created challenges for opponents to defend. His work ethic and leadership was a major part of our success over the last four years," Shane Brown, Howe coach

"He’s the consummate winner. That sums him up. He’s going to do whatever it takes like score 36 like he did against Hot Springs or distribute the ball at point guard or guard the other team’s best player like he did in the state tournament against Beebe," Tony Davis, Clarksville coach

"Kendrick was the glue for us defensively for four years. He took the task of guarding the other team’s best player. We knew it was going to make the other team very very tough to get into their offense with the things he’s able to take away," Tony Davis, Clarksville coach

Garrett Parson, Cedarville

Class: Senior

Height: 6-2

Stats: 21.7 points per game and 9.0 rebounds per game.

Awards: All-Conference, All-State

"He’s the best offensive player I’ve ever coached. He understood what we were doing, and he had the talent to go with it," Andrew Tencleve, Cedarville coach

Tim Perry, Spiro

Class: Senior

Height: 6-2

Stats: Averaged 14.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.

Awards: All-Conference, All-LeFlore County Tournament

"It’s amazing how many games that he might have been the most important player out there. Just the role he filled and the things he did, he was just so important and such a tough matchup for so many teams we faced and his ability to put that ball in the hole and then to pull down rebounds, he just had a way of pulling that ball down out of the crowd," Dustin Gist, Spiro coach

Mitchell Smith, Van Buren

Class: Sophomore

Height: 6-9

Stats: 16 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game

Awards: All-State, 7A State Tournament team, All-Conference.

"If Mitchell is not blocking shots, he is forcing teams to altering shots as well as getting the defensive rebounds. His 16 points per game is great for us offensively, but the points he takes away on defense makes him that much more valuable," Randy Loyd, Van Buren coach

Honorable Mentions

BOYS

Alma: Braxton Anderson Jake Folkerts

Arkoma: Demetric Johnson, Tanner Sweeten

Bokoshe: Chance Crase

Booneville: Cody Harrel

Cameron: Sam Humphries

Cedarville: Alex Cantrell, Corey Fincher

Central: Aaron Busch, Shade Nofire

Charleston: Ty Storey, Andrew Smith

Clarksville: Jerren Thompson, Deontae Woodbridge

County Line: Evan Franklin, Trent Gattis

Gans: Markiel McQueary

Greenwood: Evan Lensing, Jordan Hernandez

Hackett: Gage Cantrell

Hartford: Garrett Ford

Heavener: Noah Davis

Howe: Brent Hill, Nick Smallwood

Johnson County Westside: Austin Hayes, Andrew Estep

Keota: Travis Goff, Jace Welch

Lavaca: Anthony Todaro

Mansfield: Carl Jones

Mountainburg: Lonnie Campbell

Muldrow: Dominic Blue

Mulberry: Dillon Jones

Northside: Jace Richardson

Ozark: Jake Simpson

Panama: Ryan Shirey

Paris: Jordan Forbis, Matthew Fitzjurls

Pocola: Tanner Francis, Preston Hobbs

Poteau: Kendrick Hardaway, Jarrett Lowrimore

Roland: Madison Bunch, Clay Conley

Sallisaw: Tanner Dobbs

Southside: Alex Foree

Spiro: Knifeis Carter, Trevon Mitchem

Stigler: Blaine Thompson

Subiaco: Cash Krueger

Union: Joel Murdock

Van Buren: Ryan Pearson, Brad Eversole

Vian: Eric Casey, Mason Kittrell

Waldron: Jonah Tull

Wister: Sergio Nova

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